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rallied upon eae affittance, and Afahel Woodage retired ina di- 
rection pafling clofe under the fepulchre, Eagedan and Confu 
keeping at a moderate pace on his left between them and the 
army, and forcing them down, as it were, to the trap they 
knew was laid for them. They were yet a long thot from 
‘the cedars that furrounded the fepulchre, when a volley 
was difcharged at them from among the trees, where Mi- 
chael had pofted his 400 men, which, though it did little 
or no execution, terrified.Woodage Afahel’s men fo much,,. 
that Confu and Engedan, charging in that initant as upon 
a fignal, they. all difperfed through different parts of the 
field, and their leader after them: Joas’s Edjow, indeed, 
would not fall back a ftep upon the volley, but, after an ob- 
ftinate refiftance, they were broken by fuperior numbers,. 
and forced to retreat before an enemy, fo overcome with: 
fatigue and wounds, as to be unable to purfue them. 
Tue whole of this engagement lafted near an hour by: 
my watch. One hundred and thirteen of Woodage Afahel’s: 
men were flain upon the fpot, and their bloody trophies 
brought and thrown before the king. On Confu’s fide about 
vo were killed and wounded; he~himfelf received two 
wounds, one a large flefh. wound.:in the hip, the other more 
flight upon the head, both of them at the very beginning of 
the engagement. 
NotTwitHsTanpine the natural hardnefs of his heart; 
’ and that the misfortune which had happened was in im- 
mediate difobedience of orders, Ras Michael fhewed great 
fenfibility at hearing Confu was wounded ; he came imme- 
diarely to fee him, a vifit not according to etiquette, and 
gave hima ilizhter reproof than was expected for leaving 
his. 
